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Nearly four years after an analysis of more than 160 papers by Yoshitaka Fujii concluded the chances the data were authentic were infinitesimally small, the British Journal of Ophthalmology has decided to formally retract one of the papers included in that review. The name Yoshitaka Fujii should ring a bell — an alarm bell, in fact … Continue reading 2001 Fujii papers retracted — finally. What took so long?

A Japanese web site is reporting that Yoshitaka Fujii, a Japanese anesthesiologist suspected of widespread data fabrication, did indeed fake his results in at least 172 published studies. According to the article, on a site called Jiji Press:

Three journals under the JAMA umbrella are retracting papers by Yoshitaka Fujii, the Japanese anesthesiologist accused of research misconduct so sweeping that it might net him the record for most retractions by a single author. The papers, in the Archives of Surgery, Archives of Ophthalmology and the Archives of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery, … Continue reading Three more Fujii papers fall for lack of IRB approval

Spring is a time of rebirth and renewal — and, if you are Yoshitaka Fujii, retraction. We have seen retraction notices in two journals concerning papers by Fujii, the Japanese anesthesiologist who, according to an international group of editors, may ultimately lose some 190 publications to research fraud. Otoloaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery last … Continue reading Fujii retractions mount